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Motorola Enables Next-Generation Multimedia Applications over Cable with New BSR 64000 Software Release 4.1
This powerful software update to Motorola’s CMTS platform delivers greater network performance while enabling virtual private networking, video conferencing, gaming, and commercial service applications.
HORSHAM, Pa. – 1 June 2005 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced that the company has released software version 4.1 for the Motorola Broadband Services Router 64000 (BSR 64000) CMTS/Edge Router. The largest release of new features for the BSR product line in a single update, this software will enable cable operators to seamlessly deliver voice, video, and data applications to their customers.
Cable operators will benefit from support in software release 4.1 for tripled upstream bandwidth, advanced spectrum management, virtual private networking, and dynamic voice and data traffic balancing. The software release also adds support in the Motorola BSR 64000 for PacketCable™ Multimedia services within DOCSIS® 2.0, a qualification received from CableLabs® in the recently completed Certification Wave 34.
Part of Motorola’s suite of next-generation IP solutions for the cable industry, the Motorola BSR 64000 is a proven cable modem termination system (CMTS) providing IP services for cable operators around the globe.
“Software release 4.1 is a key building block of Motorola’s seamless mobility vision, enabling service providers to deliver always-on, always-connected multimedia applications and services to customers in and around their homes.” said Charles Dougherty, corporate vice president, Motorola Connected Home Solutions business. “This new software release taps the powerful capabilities of the Motorola BSR 64000 platform, and provides cable operators with enhanced tools to deploy and manage these next generation solutions”
Features of the Motorola BSR 64000 software release 4.1 include:
- DOCSIS®/EuroDOCSIS 2.0 Support – Includes support for both A-TDMA and S-CDMA with logical channels, and provides up to three times the upstream bandwidth for increased delivery of high-speed commercial services.
- 2:8 Advanced Spectrum Management with 9th Receiver – Enables operators to better manage their RF network, potentially reducing maintenance costs and improving service uptime.
- Operator-Defined MAC Domains – Creates the ability to configure upstream and downstream channel combinations to help meet new service requirements
- Dynamic Upstream and Downstream Load Balancing – Allows operators to more efficiently utilize bandwidth and serve larger populations of voice and data customers.
- DOCSIS® Set-Top Gateway Support– Simplifies control of video networks by allowing operators to control set-tops using an embedded cable modem.
- PacketCable Multimedia Support – Enables operators to offer new services such as video telephony and gaming with the required quality of service (QoS) to enable high-quality service.
- BGP/MPLS Virtual Private Network (VPN) Support – Gives operators a cost-effective solution for providing commercial customers with secure virtual private networks that connect multiple locations with the high bandwidth and QoS required
Motorola will demonstrate the capabilities of the BSR 64000 software release 4.1 at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, Booth #6086, 14-17 June 2005 at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in San Antonio, TX.
About Motorola
Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US $31.3 billion in 2004. For more information: www.motorola.com.
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Media Contact:
Motorola
Paul Alfieri
+1-215-323-1804
paul.alfieri@motorola.com
MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. DOCSIS is a registered trademark and PacketCable is a trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © Motorola, Inc. 2005. All rights reserved.
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